To amend title 54, United States Code, to authorize the appropriation of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program.

This bill modifies funding for the National Maritime Heritage Grant Program. The bill authorizes appropriations for the program through FY2024 in addition to the current funding through the Vessel Operations Revolving Fund.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9213 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9213

 To amend title 54, United States Code, to authorize the appropriation 
of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 to the Secretary 
   of the Interior to carry out the National Maritime Heritage Grant 
                                Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 21, 2022

 Mr. Higgins of New York (for himself and Ms. Malliotakis) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 54, United States Code, to authorize the appropriation 
of $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024 to the Secretary 
   of the Interior to carry out the National Maritime Heritage Grant 
                                Program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE NATIONAL MARITIME 
              HERITAGE GRANT PROGRAM.

    Section 308703 of title 54, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``subsection (k) 
        and'' after ``amounts for that purpose under'';
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``subsection (k) 
        and'' after ``amounts for that purpose under''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are hereby authorized 
to be appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2023 and 2024 to carry out this section.''.
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